Thanksgiving
O Lord of Heav'n and Earth and Sea
- Words:
- Christopher Wordsworth, 1863.
- Music:
- 'Es Ist Kein Tag' Johann D. Meyer, 1692.
- Setting:
- "The English Hymnal", 1906.
- Metre:
- 8 8 8 4
- 1O Lord of Heav'n and earth and sea,To Thee all praise and glory be;How shall we show our love to Thee,Who givest all?
- 2The golden sunshine, vernal air,Sweet flow'rs and fruits, Thy love declare;Where harvests ripen, Thou art there,Who givest all.
- 3For peaceful homes and healthful days,For all the blessings earth displays,We owe Thee thankfulness and praise,Who givest all.
- 4Thou didst not spare Thine only Son,But gav'st Him for a world undone,And freely, with that blessèd One,Thou givest all.
- 5Thou giv'st the Spirit's blessèd dow'r,Spirit of life and love and pow'r,And dost His sev'nfold graces show'rUpon us all.
- 6For souls redeemed, for sins forgiv'n,For means of grace and hopes of Heav'n,Father, all praise to Thee be giv'n,Who givest all.
- 7We lose what on ourselves we spend,We have as treasure without endWhatever, Lord, to Thee we lend,Who givest all.
- 8To Thee, from Whom we all deriveOur life, our gifts, our power to give:O may we ever with Thee live,Who givest all.
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In the hymnals
- Written in 1863, the words are in 361 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
- The tune, Es Ist Kein Tag, is in 57 hymnals. The tune →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. Further sheet music is from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.